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1964 · The Thrill Is Gone

How Blue Can You Get

B.B. King

KeyD majorTempo68 bpm
0:00/0:00
// How Blue Can You Get — B.B. King
// 68 bpm, 4/4, key D major. Source: mcgill.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
setcpm(68/4)

const chords = arrange(
  // intro (4 bars)
  [4, "<D7 G7 D7 A7>"],
  // verse (12 bars)
  [12, "<D7 G7 D7!2 G7!2 D7!2 A7 G7 D7 A7>"],
  // verse (12 bars)
  [12, "<D7 G7 D7!2 G7!2 D7!2 A7 G7 D7 A7>"],
  // bridge (17 bars)
  [17, "<D7!8 A7 G7 D7!2 A7 G7 D7 [A7@2 D9@2] ~>"],
)
const bassline = arrange(
  [4, "<d2 g2 d2 a2>"],
  [12, "<d2 g2 d2!2 g2!2 d2!2 a2 g2 d2 a2>"],
  [12, "<d2 g2 d2!2 g2!2 d2!2 a2 g2 d2 a2>"],
  [17, "<d2!8 a2 g2 d2!2 a2 g2 d2 [a2@2 d2@2] ~>"],
)

// chords · gm_piano
const keys = chord(chords).voicing().s("gm_piano").gain(0.8)
// bass · gm_electric_bass_finger
const bass = note(bassline).s("gm_electric_bass_finger").gain(0.9)
// drums
const drums = s("[bd hh] [sd hh] [bd hh] [sd hh]").gain(0.8)

stack(keys, bass, drums)

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